The Journey Toward Wholeness – Enneagram Wisdom for Stress, Balance, and Transformation

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There are two ways to respond to that reality—either by “perfecting” our ability to armor ourselves or by doing the very hard work of creating, nurturing, and growing spaces into which we can step with all our vulnerability and set aside our armor.

For years I have studied the enneagram to deepen my understanding of myself and learn how to express my feelings and desires in a healthy way. I was drawn to The Journey Toward Wholeness when I saw her live in Nashville about two months ago at an Enneagram Stance teaching. The Journey Toward Wholeness moves beyond the traditional topics that fascinate Enneagram enthusiasts-relationships and endless descriptions of our various and predictable personality traits-to explore some of the weightier dynamics of this tool, offering both a hope and a challenge: Are we willing to abandon our habitual ways of showing up in the world to become more fully human as a gift to the world?Pay in 4 is a form of credit, so consider whether you can afford the repayments as use of the product may impact your credit score.

These numbers pose a special challenge in that they have the same dominant and repressed center of intelligence. The threads of my being that were woven together creating beautiful imagery turned into separate strands of color, and texture laid out all around me separate, with frayed edges. She is the author of The Path Between Us, The Journey Toward Wholeness, and coauthor, with Ian Morgan Cron, of The Road Back to You. This book was an excellent resource to dive further into the knowledge that the Enneagram can provide. This focuses on centers of intelligence (head, heart, gut) and stances (aggressive, dependent, withdrawing).The Feeling Triad includes those who are 2s, 3s, and 4s, the Thinking Triad includes those who 5s, 6s, and 7s, and the Doing Triad, those who are 8s, 9s, and 1s. Are you just so tired of the lies and deception plus all of the pain swirling in the world around you? The second part of the book focuses on our number’s “Stance” which has to do with which particular center we tend to repress in our stress responses. This book is best used by a group of Enneagram believers who want to really work at the job of improving their communication with each other, it requires a whole belief system in this process. Like the grandson Suzanne introduces us to, as a One I grew up following all the rules working hard to be good.

Suzanne's teaching - weighted with 25 years of experience on this topic - packs a real punch and helps us to examine our "auto pilot" responses to life. What this means is that without work, we draw on only two of the three intelligences when we respond to stress. The second half of the book is dedicated to Stances, which explains how we process or respond to how we see the world. If you’re new to the enneagram, I would suggest you read The Road Back To You, also by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Morgan Cron, before reading The Journey Toward Wholeness.Stances are determined by the repressed center of intelligence; types 4, 5, and 9 repress doing and are in the Withdrawing Stance, types 3, 7, and 8 repress feeling and are in the Aggressive Stance, and types 1, 2, and 6 repress thinking and are in the Dependent Stance. It does provide insight into how you can develop into your best self by knowing where you move to in stress and health. Suzanne brings tremendous experience in working with this material and in seeing what aspects of it truly help others. In The Journey Toward Wholeness she places the Enneagram in its correct context-that of healing, of transformation, and of integrating the different aspects of our psyches. In everything from health care and politics to technology and economics, we are experiencing feelings of loss, anger, and anxiety.